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Good News (Cont’d)

Then there is the question of Amazon. He indicated that the company has
been non-fiction,.
“pushing the envelope pretty aggressively,” raising questions about its
behavior. “Certainly there are areas under which the Department of Justice has
room to investigate some of Amazon’s practices,” he said. “What the result of
that would be, I can’t predict for sure.”
Another thing to take into consideration, is that Amazon has now embarked
on opening brick and mortar stores. This adds yet another factor into the mix.
According to a large mall CEO who spoke to Dow Jones, Amazon is planning to
open hundreds of physical bookstores. "You've got Amazon opening brick-andmortar book